Sunday, November 5, 2017

Thoughts: DCA Season 2

Thoughts: Dice, Camera, Action Season 2 (Episodes 32 – 60)

#WaffleCrew
Chris Perkins as DM
Anna as Evelyn the paladin of Lathander
Jared as Diath the rogue
Holly as Strix the sorcerer
Nathan as Paultin the bard


Special Moments
There were some really special/different moments this time around:
*Episode 44 = Anna, Holly, and Jared played the group’s pets!
*Episode 51 = live play for Stream of Annihilation (without Nathan Sharp, but with guest Allie Gonino of Girls, Guts, Glory as a tiefling bard who actually played some music).
*Interview from Stream of Annihilation (sans Nathan, as usual):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cMheUEE2xo
*Bonus: Interview for Dragon+ with Chris, Holly, and Anna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoL4-hf7CSo


Review
I'm a huge fan of the #wafflecrew. Sometimes this season felt awkward, even though overall the players had grown into their characters. I remember, especially, Episode 52 had an awkward dramatic feel to it because the paladin was talking about sacrificing herself and giving her items away to the other party members when clearly none of them wanted her to do that for them.

There was also a lot of “split party” roleplaying throughout the entire season and I sometimes felt annoyed that multiple sessions would go by sometimes without the team reuniting. I did like that Perkins, as DM, brought back the Ravenloft themes and issues even though the season was disguised as being about the storyline with the giants.

Clearly I enjoy watching the group play D&D and I look forward to soon being caught up with where they are in real time so I can go check out their Reddit forum and websites without being worried about spoilers. One of the benefits of them playing online with a huge fanbase is that they get lots of cool fan art:

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